Privacy Policy | PlantFix

This Privacy Policy describes how PlantFix (“we,” “us,” or “the Website,” available at plantfix.org) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you visit the Website. Questions about this policy can be sent to hello@plantfix.org.

Information we collect

Information you provide. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. That is the only information the Website asks you to provide.

Information collected automatically. When you visit the Website, we and our third-party partners automatically collect certain information using cookies and similar technologies. This includes your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, the pages you view, and how you arrived at the Website. The sections on analytics and advertising below describe this in detail.

How we use information

To operate, maintain, and improve the Website
To send the newsletter you signed up for
To understand which guides are useful and what to write next
To display advertising that supports the free content on this site
To comply with legal obligations

Email newsletter

If you subscribe, your email address is stored securely with our database provider and used only to send you plant care tips and seasonal pest alerts. We do not sell or rent your email address to anyone. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email or by writing to hello@plantfix.org, and we will delete your address from our list.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a website. We use them, and allow certain partners to use them, for analytics and advertising as described below. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies through its settings. Blocking cookies may limit some features of the Website, and it does not remove advertising — it only makes the ads you see non-personalized.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website — which pages are read, how long visits last, and roughly where traffic comes from. Google Analytics uses cookies and collects data such as your IP address, device information, and pages visited. You can learn how Google uses this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser's cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser's cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP Address
Operating System type
Operating System version
Device Type
Language of the website
Web browser type
Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor's referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance's AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Affiliate links

PlantFix participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you click an affiliate link, Amazon may set cookies on your device to attribute any purchase you make. See our Affiliate Disclosure for details on how we choose products and what we earn.

Your rights (EEA and UK visitors)

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you; to restrict or object to its processing; and to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, email hello@plantfix.org. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

California privacy rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA, as amended by the CPRA) gives you the right to know what personal information is collected about you, to request its deletion or correction, and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information as those terms are defined by the law. Interest-based advertising as described above may constitute “sharing.” You can opt out through the advertising preference links in the Mediavine section above, through the consent tools presented on the Website, or by emailing hello@plantfix.org. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of anyone under 16, and we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

Children's privacy

The Website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at hello@plantfix.org and we will delete it.

Data retention and security

Newsletter email addresses are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them. Analytics and advertising data are retained according to the policies of the partners described above. We use reputable hosting and database providers and transmit all Website traffic over HTTPS, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Third-party links

Guides on PlantFix link to outside resources such as university extension programs and retailers. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their practices.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “last updated” date. Your continued use of the Website after a change means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

PlantFix
Email: hello@plantfix.org